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        <p>loop_ge — 
      Looping constructions.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Construction of looping operations.
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        <h2>Syntax</h2>
        <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>loop_ge</strong></span>  indx, idecr, imin, label</pre>
        <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>loop_ge</strong></span>  kndx, kdecr, kmin, label</pre>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>indx</em></span> -- i-rate variable to count loop.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>idecr</em></span> -- value to decrement the loop.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>imin</em></span> -- minimum value of loop index.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kndx</em></span> -- k-rate variable to count loop.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kdecr</em></span> -- value to decrement the loop.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kmin</em></span> -- minimum value of loop index.
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      The actions of <span class="command"><strong>loop_ge</strong></span> are equivalent to the
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         indx  <span class="op">=</span>  indx <span class="op">-</span> idecr
         <span class="opc">if</span> (indx <span class="op">&gt;=</span> imin) <span class="opc">igoto</span> label</pre>
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         kndx  <span class="op">=</span>  kndx <span class="op">-</span> kdecr
         <span class="opc">if</span> (kndx <span class="op">&gt;=</span> kmin) <span class="opc">kgoto</span> label</pre>
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        <h2>See Also</h2>
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      <a class="link" href="loop_gt.html" title="loop_gt"><em class="citetitle">loop_gt</em></a>,
      <a class="link" href="loop_le.html" title="loop_le"><em class="citetitle">loop_le</em></a> and
      <a class="link" href="loop_lt.html" title="loop_lt"><em class="citetitle">loop_lt</em></a>.
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        <p> More information on this opcode: <a class="ulink" href="http://www.csoundjournal.com/2006summer/controlFlow_part2.html" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">http://www.csoundjournal.com/2006summer/controlFlow_part2.html</em></a>  , written by Steven Yi. 
 And in the Floss Manuals: <a class="ulink" href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/csound/ch018_c-control-structures" target="_top"><em class="citetitle"> http://en.flossmanuals.net/csound/ch018_c-control-structures</em></a></p>
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        <h2>Credits</h2>
        <p>Istvan Varga. 2006</p>
        <p>New in Csound version 5.01</p>
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